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If you are a member of the media and have inquiries, interview requests, or would like to join our press list, please contact Jenn Ettinger at 202-265-1490, ext. 35, or email her at jettinger@freepress.net.

Recent press releases are below. Learn more about our spokespeople here, and download our media kit here.

  • Free Press Welcomes Delay in FCC Media Ownership Vote

    February 26, 2013
    WASHINGTON -- On Tuesday, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski issued a statement supporting a delay in a controversial vote to loosen limits on how much media one company can own in a single market. The chairman reportedly agreed to the delay pending the results of a study proposed by the Minority Media and Telecommunications Council — a group that has previously endorsed ending the longstanding ban on newspaper-broadcast cross-ownership.

  • Free Press: FCC Should Ignore AT&T's Bullying

    February 14, 2013

    WASHINGTON – On Thursday, Free Press responded to claims in a blog post by AT&T Senior Vice President Bob Quinn that the Federal Communications Commission is moving too slowly on a petition that would eliminate certain regulations that ensure consumers and businesses have access to quality services at reasonable prices.

  • As the Revolving Door Spins: Tribune Hires Former FCC Chief of Staff

    January 29, 2013

    WASHINGTON — The Los Angeles Times reports that Edward Lazarus, former chief of staff to Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski, has been hired by Tribune Co. as the company's general counsel. Tribune Co. is one of the primary companies lobbying to lift longstanding FCC limits on how much media one company can own in a given market.

    Free Press President and CEO Craig Aaron made the following statement:

  • Free Press: AT&T Plan Would End All Oversight of Communications Networks

    January 29, 2013

    WASHINGTON -- On Monday, Free Press filed comments with the Federal Communications Commission concerning AT&T's request for the FCC to facilitate the transition to all-IP networks. If granted under the FCC's current broadband classification framework, AT&T’s request would result in the complete removal of all regulatory oversight of our nation's critical telecommunications infrastructure.

  • AT&T Will Allow FaceTime on Some Data Plans, Still Blocking Unlimited

    January 16, 2013

    WASHINGTON -- On Wednesday, AT&T announced the continuation of its phased rollout of mobile FaceTime, the popular Apple video-calling application. AT&T confirmed that it will no longer block the application on its cellular network for customers on tiered data plans.

  • Free Press to Host 2013 National Conference for Media Reform in Denver on April 5–7

    January 3, 2013

    DENVER -- On April 5–7, 2013, thousands of policymakers, technologists, journalists, artists, scholars, media makers and activists will gather in Denver for the National Conference for Media Reform. This is the nation’s biggest conference devoted to media, technology and democracy.

  • Free Press: FCC Data Shows Abysmally Low Levels of Ownership for Women and Communities of Color

    December 26, 2012

    WASHINGTON -- On Wednesday, Free Press submitted comments to the Federal Communications Commission in response to the agency's recent report on the ownership of commercial broadcast stations.

  • Free Press Pleased With FCC Action on Special Access and DISH Spectrum

    December 12, 2012

    WASHINGTON -- On Wednesday, the Federal Communications Commission adopted an order that enables the Wireline Bureau to gather broadband-industry data, allowing the agency to assess the level of competition that exists in the special access market.

  • Extra! Extra! 200,000 Activists Tell FCC: No More Media for Murdoch

    December 12, 2012

    WASHINGTON — Activists gathered Wednesday outside the Federal Communications Commission to spread the news about growing opposition to the FCC's plans to gut media ownership rules. They handed out broadsheet special editions of the Free Press to passersby, highlighting opposition to greater media consolidation from the courts, Congress, civil rights leaders and President Barack Obama.

  • Congressional Opposition Growing to FCC Media Ownership Proposal

    December 10, 2012

    WASHINGTON – On Monday, Rep. John Lewis, Congressional Black Caucus Chairman Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, Congressional Hispanic Caucus Chairman Rep. Charles Gonzalez and Co-Chairmen of the Congressional Progressive Caucus Reps. Keith Ellison and  Raul Grijalva sent a letter signed by 44 House members to the Federal Communications Commission. The letter addresses concerns about how the FCC’s proposal to relax its media ownership rules will impact diversity.

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